BSPHN and Metro South Health will collaborate, design and implement solutions that will improve the quality and effectiveness of End of Life care for Residential Aged Care Facility residents in the BSPHN region.

This project aims to prevent unnecessary hospital transfers, and improve patient care outcomes by providing a service that will directly decrease the number of non-acute hospital services/unnecessary hospital transfers by the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) from Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) in the after-hours period.

CARE-PACT is a collaboration between Metro South Health and Hospital Service, Wound Innovations and Brisbane South PHN to improve the management of elderly patients with chronic wounds in residential aged care facilities who would otherwise require emergency department or hospital management. This project will utilise new pathways, technology, and workforce strategies.

Following extensive stakeholder and community engagement, the Metro South Health (MSH) Board and Brisbane South PHN Board have endorsed the implementation of the Facing up to Chronic Disease program. The strategy is a long-term plan to connect care and improve the health and wellness of the MSH population who are living with chronic disease, and reduce the social, human and economic impact of this.

This project aims to establish multidisciplinary Gastroenterology and Hepatology Integrated Care Clinics that provide a platform to identify clinically suitable category 3 gastroenterology and hepatology patients for management within the community. This project is supported by the Integrated Care Innovation Fund (ICIF).

The speech pathology services of QEII Jubilee and Community Adult Rehabilitation Services have piloted an innovative speech and language treatment for people with Parkinson's Disease. The Loud and Proud program has been reviewed, and an investigation of student-led intervention is underway.